Noting that the omicron is dangerous, the World Health Organization (WHO) said, “We are seeing this virus evolve in real time. Further stating that at this point the transmission or spread of COVID has been completed.” However, it is extremely important to reduce the level of transmission to ensure that hospitalizations, deaths, and long-term COVID cases are low, it said. Necessary. From symptoms to subtypes, the United Nations health agency tells you everything you need to know about Omicron.
What are Omicron’s sub-lineages that the WHO is tracking?
On Omicron and its sub-lineages, WHO’s Maria Van Kerkhove said, there are four sub-lineages of Omicron that the agency is tracking – ba.1, ba.1.1, ba.2, ba.3. Currently, WHO is also tracking the proportion of these sub-variants circulating around the world.
“Now, we already know that Omicron has a growth advantage. It is more permeable than other forms of anxiety. It also has immune-avoiding properties.”
“But, we do know some of the sub-lineages, BA.2, have an even greater growth advantage than BA.1, which means that as this virus continues to spread, we are now going to have this increased growth with BA.2.” Will see an increase in. Profits over BA.1.”
WHO official claims that it is important for you to know that this virus remains dangerous.
What are the symptoms of Omicron and its subtypes?
Our understanding of Omicron is that people who are infected with Omicron can have a variety of symptoms. They may have no symptoms and be completely asymptomatic or they may develop severe disease and people are dying from Omicron as well, Van Kerkhove explained.
“On average, we know that hospitalization is less needed when infected with Omicron than with Delta, but that doesn’t mean it’s a mild illness.”
What are the chances of Omicron causing long term COVID?
Van Kerkhove explained that Omicron has been circulating for a short time. It takes some time for people to become infected, to pass through the entire disease and then (about 90 days after the symptoms are cured), we get to know if they have been suffering from COVID for a long time.
“There is really no indication to suggest that we will see a difference in the percentage of people who may suffer from chronic COVID but we do not yet have a full understanding of protracted COVID.”
Further pointing out that the transmission or the spread of COVID cannot be completely stopped at this point, she said, “But we need to reduce the transmission because if we don’t, we will not only get more cases “We will see more hospitalizations, more deaths, we will see more people suffering from post-COVID conditions, longer COVID, and we will see more opportunities for variants to emerge.”
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